[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24176]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of permit applications received under the Antarctic
Conservation Act.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published
regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at title 45 part 670
of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of
permit applications received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments,
or views with respect to this permit application by October 23, 2015.
This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit
Office, address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li Ling Hamady, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address or [email protected] or (703) 292-7149.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), as amended
by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, has
developed regulations for the establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas a requiring special protection. The
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic
Specially Protected Areas.
Application Details:
Permit Application: 2016-009
1. Applicant Tehnuka Ilanko. Department of Earth and Planetary
Sciences. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
ASPA entry; The applicant desires to access Tramway Ridge, on Mt.
Erebus, Ross Island, which is protected by ASPA 175 High Altitude
Geothermal Sites of the Ross Sea Region. Applicant wishes to conduct
gas sampling of gases emitted from vents in order to characterize the
subsurface conditions and gas emissions of Tramway Ridge to better
understand processes behind flank degassing and possible interactions
between magmatic and hydrothermal systems. Samples will be collected in
glass bottles via a sterilized hollow stainless steel rod inserted into
a degassing vent, with a pump used to extract the gases into an
accumulation chamber.
Location
ASPA 175, High Altitude Geothermal Sites of the Ross Sea Region:
Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus, Ross Island.
Dates
November 1, 2015 to January 31, 2017.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-24176 Filed 9-22-15; 8:45 am]
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